Underdogs can come up trumps on double chance

I'M Eddie Howe.

After my brilliant success in getting Bournemouth promoted to the Premier League for the first time I've ridden a couple of disappointing results and we've won our first match, sticking four past West Ham away on Saturday. What am I looking forward to now?

Probably not a Tuesday night trip to Hartlepool. No, that's not a dig at the fine folk of Hartlepool. It's just that even though people say it's a cliche that Premier League players and managers can't be bothered getting up for a league cup tie in midweek, that doesn't mean it isn't true.

The double chance coupon is your friend in the early rounds of the Capital One Cup. Get with lower league teams who've had a reasonable start to avoid defeat against a struggling big gun.

Bournemouth aren't struggling, but they know what their priorities are and they know a lot of people fancy they can stay up. I wouldn't be taking my eye off the ball in their shoes. The Hartlepool-draw double chance is 2-1.

You can get around the same price for Port Vale - unbeaten after four games - at Premier League bottom side West Brom, and about Exeter at shaky Sunderland, both win-draw double chance.

Stick them in a treble - after all, we love an underdog, don't we?